Improved buckle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

crans w. sALADEE, OE PUTNAM, OHIO.

IMPROVED BUCKLE.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GYRUs W. SALADEE, of Putnam, Muskingum county, in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles for Harness, Ste.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and to the letters of reference thereon marked.

The drawings represent two modifications of my invention, which I shall designate as No. 17 and No 2.

Figure 1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 is a section,of buckle No. l. Fig. 3 is a plan, and Fig. 4 is a section, of buckle No. 2.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

The nature of my invention consists in constructingbuckles tbrharness,&c.,with athin metallic plate'provided with rivets for securing thc buckle or strap to the harness; also,in providing such buckle-plates with a metallic loop for confining the loose end of the strap; also, in constructing such buckle-plates so that the buckle may either form a part of the buckle-plate or be secured to it by a loop in the strap; and also in fastening the buckle-plate either 'upon the upper side of the strap or within a loop of the strap.

In the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2, Ais themetailic buckle-plate, and it is a thin flat plate provided with rivets a for fastening it to the harness.

B is the loop, formed of metal and being solid with the plate, and answers the purpose of the ordinary strap or leather loop for contining the loose end of the strap.

It will be noticed that the plate A has an opening, c, made in it immediately under the loop B. The object of this is to lessen the weight ofthe buckle, and also to pass the strap through.

C is the common long-tongue buckle.

In using this modification (No. 1) of my invention the end of the strap to which the buckle is to be fastened is rst passed through the plate (red lilies, Fig. 2) and over the npper side of the plate. It is then looped over and the common buckle, C, is placed in the loop. The end ot' the strap is then passed under the front part of the plate, up through opening c, and laid upon the upper side of the rear part of the plate. The rivets a are then clinched and the buckle is ready 'for use.

Modification No. 2 of my invention is simi lar, except that the buckle Dis made solid to the buckle-plate, and that the buckle-plate A is simply rive'ed to the top or upper face of the strap, as isfully shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

lt will be seen that although my invention more particularly relates to the mode of securing buckles` to harness, yet that it includes the i Inode of fastening the loops B. I would therefore state that it is frequently desirable to have a number of loops at different partsof the harf ness, and that I proposeapplying loops B,pro vided with small plates A, at the desii ed places, and securing them by the use of two rivets.

Having described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isA

1. Fastening buckles to harness, Src., by means of rivets a and plate A, the plate A being the back bar ot' the buckle, flattened out -and provided with a metallic loop, B.

2. The combination of the metallic loop B, y

plate A, and rivets a,for the purpose of securing loops to harness, &c.

In testimony that I clann the above I hereto set my hand.

cYEUs w. sALADEE. y

Witnesses:

E. A. SALADEE, J OIIN MURRAY. 

